Jack Lew heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a pair of meetings with Republican senators, a day before he goes before the Senate Finance Committee for what promises to be a tense confirmation hearing for the Treasury secretary-nominee.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss The retirement of Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia will leave Senate Republicans with one fewer member known for reaching across the aisle to Democrats, and raises the strong possibility that someone more conservative will replace him. Chambliss, a member of the bipartisan “Gang of Six” that labored over a deficit-reduction plan, is [...]

Another Republican is backing away from a pledge not to raise taxes, just as Congress prepares to reconvene on Monday and dive back into talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.

A Thanksgiving Day comment by Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss about an anti-tax pledge he signed drew a sharp rebuke from Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform. Norquist’s response was published Saturday by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.